Nomination of Charles W. Bray Ill To Be United States Ambassador to Senegal

The President announced today his intention to nominate Charles W. Bray III, of Maryland, as Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal. He would succeed Walter C. Carrington, who has resigned.

Mr. Bray entered the Foreign Service in 1958 was and information specialist in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State. He was consular officer in Cebu (1961-63) and political officer in Bangui (1963-65). From 1965 to 1966, he was personnel officer in the Bureau of African Affairs. He attended economic studies at the University of Maryland from 1966 to 1967. He was special assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1967 to 1968. From 1968 to 1969, he took a leave of absence to become program director of the American Foreign Service Association in Washington, D.C.

Since 1969 he has served in the Department as Deputy Director of the Office of North African Affairs (1969-70), Director of Public Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs (1970-71), Spokesman for the Department of State and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Press Relations (1971-73), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1976-77). From 1977 to 1981, he was Deputy Director of the International Communication Agency.

Mr. Bray served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. He was adjunct lecturer at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, from 1973 to 1974.

He was born October 24, 1933, in New York, N.Y. He received his A.B. degree in 1955 from Princeton University.